Comments on: Oilers ownership confirm Seattle meeting, claim interest from many citieshttp://nhl.nbcsports.com/2012/09/24/oilers-ownership-confirm-seattle-meeting-claim-interest-from-many-cities/
ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.comTue, 20 Mar 2018 03:32:40 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: thezbradhttp://nhl.nbcsports.com/2012/09/24/oilers-ownership-confirm-seattle-meeting-claim-interest-from-many-cities/comment-page-1/#comment-103960
Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:14:44 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=859415#comment-103960This is ridiculous. Canadian Market needs more NHL teams, not less. City of Edmonton needs to smarten up. Move a worse market team there like Phoenix or Columbus. Seattle would be a great area for NHL team though.
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Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:24:18 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=859415#comment-103895While I would love to have NHL hockey in Seattle I would not like to see it at the expense of Edmonton.
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Wed, 26 Sep 2012 02:54:22 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=859415#comment-103802Seattle area has two WHL teams that draw a combined 10,000 for each game.
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:19:05 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=859415#comment-103769They ain’t leaving the heartland of hockey. Edmonton is a gold mine for hockey. Great fans
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:01:12 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=859415#comment-103717I would say they won’t move but if Katz is being this much of a douche I wouldn’t put it past him to try. Would hope the NHL wouldn’t allow it to happen if it came to that.
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:16:45 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=859415#comment-103709Owners just can’t catch a break these days.

First the players won’t mindlessly give in to a mandatory 17% rollback of salaries, and now Edmonton won’t fund the entire cost of new arena for the Oilers?

Life is tough for billionaires too, I guess.

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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:05:20 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=859415#comment-103708But in their case, Kraft ended up funding the stadium mostly himself. He got $70m from the local government, but that was for infrastructure, and he agreed to repay that. I don’t think this is a strategy by Katz to privately finance a new Edmonton arena.
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 06:01:05 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=859415#comment-103697It worked for Bob Kraft and the Patriots though.
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 03:19:51 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=859415#comment-103684Don’t trust drug dealers. Especially billionaire prescription drug dealers. Darryl Katz is cheap and Edmonton owes him nothing more than what they are offering.
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 03:15:12 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=859415#comment-103682As I recall the IHL’s Minnesota Moose didn’t draw well and the Wild see to be okay
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 03:05:36 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=859415#comment-103679This is like seeing the Vikings stadium hold-up all over again. Too much history here. The Oilers are part of Edmonton’s identity. Even if they did move, expect to see another team there in 5-10 years once someone else decides to build an arena a la Winnipeg.
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 03:04:48 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=859415#comment-103678Yes, because moving a team from Canada to a city that has difficulty filling the arena for it’s WHL team is a great idea. I approve 100%.
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 02:36:09 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=859415#comment-103673jim and hey are both wrong. Bettman wants the Oilers to move to Phoenix as he is sure that city can easily support two NHL teams!!
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:39:40 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=859415#comment-103668I can see the entire NHL dissolving into a “has been” league. But of course “you” see everything, just not the obvious.
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:24:31 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=859415#comment-103665Like it matters anyway.. You would need a league and some players first and they both seem to be too busy counting last years money to realize that they aren’t making anymore !!
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:52:37 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=859415#comment-103660I don’t see Oilers leaving Edmonton, too much history. I can see Phoenix going to Seattle.
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